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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/928395-why-children-sleep-with-money
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#928395 added February 4, 2018 at 8:54pm
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why children sleep with money
parents, beware! ignore Sui,
his breath, his hand,

reaching for your children,
sleeping in their beds,

brushing back their hair,
kissing their heads with

foul imitation—and he
will take them, forever.

one touch—they shiver
while a fever burns,

twice—their eyes cloud,
they enter Sui’s realm.

thrice—they are his.
no remedy will prosper.

but coin, given in
love and red paper

catches new year light,
frightens the demon away.

line count: 18

Prompt

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